In which you get to hear from some other people for a change

Hello internet. This blog will be written by the EHSAAS team (Joshan, Helena and Emma). Woo. We have about 16 boys between the ages of 10 to 17 - EHSAAS helps runaway boys, who are found homeless at a local railway station and brought to safety and care at their lovely shelter - and we are really enjoying their enthusiasm and willingness to be dramatic and silly. They're immensely talented too! We've managed to cover loads in our first week of drama workshops: mime, rhythm, human puppetry, characterization, to name a few things, with the game 'Wink Murder' being a clear favourite - the more gruesome the death, the better! They are great fun and we're looking forward to starting work on the play next Friday, as the kids seem really up for it and have so many ideas already. Tomorrow we're joining them for a session that we won't be leading. We're such bid deals that a Bollywood coach is going to get them involved in some dancing. Emma is bringing the ballet to bangra, Joshan has his pout at the ready, and Helena may well die of happiness. 

Here are our top 10 favourite moments (in no particular order) of Lucknow so far:

- Emma falling into the mud playing duck duck goose

- Emma falling into a gate during the monsoon rain

- Listening to Nitin's pearls of wisdom

- A stray dog curling up to sleep in our living area during the rain 

- Being introduced to a very memorable sandwich bar (veggie burgers galore)

- Bouncing along in Prateek's party car

- Joshan facing guitar competition at the volunteer partayyyyy

- Rooftop viewing of lightning, lightning and more lightning

- Not being in our local cafe Cappucino Blast.

- The jam that tastes of lollipop, lip gloss and joy

- Krishna's birthday celebration

Overall, after the adventures of Delhi, Lucknow has been a refreshing breath of (almost) fresh air and we are looking forward to the challenges the next week will undoubtedly bring.